Richard S Jaffe

Richard S. Jaffe of the Birmingham, Alabama, law firm of Jaffe, Hanle, Whisonant & Knight, PC, has been certified as an NBTA Criminal Trial Specialist since 1984. He and his firm have represented thousands of individuals in state and federal courts and taken hundreds of cases to trial. He was lead counsel in gaining the acquittals of three death-row inmates by juries at new trials. He has handled over 70 death penalty cases, including six federal ones. For 14 months he served as lead counsel...See more

Richard S. Jaffe of the Birmingham, Alabama, law firm of Jaffe, Hanle, Whisonant & Knight, PC, has been certified as an NBTA Criminal Trial Specialist since 1984. He and his firm have represented thousands of individuals in state and federal courts and taken hundreds of cases to trial. He was lead counsel in gaining the acquittals of three death-row inmates by juries at new trials. He has handled over 70 death penalty cases, including six federal ones. For 14 months he served as lead counsel for Eric Robert Rudolph (Olympic bomber). In 2013, Super Lawyers listed him as one of the top 10 lawyers in Alabama. Mr. Jaffe served four terms on the NACDL Board of Directors. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and author of Quest for Justice: Defending the Damned (2nd ed. 2020, NACDL). See less